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编者按：20世纪50年代，美国女性的社会地位似乎有了明显地提高。然而在如威斯理般著名的女子大学里，教师们的授课内容仍然围绕如何获得好姻缘，却不鼓励她们主动获取自己感兴趣的知识，也不注重培养她们的心里素质。美丽成熟的凯瑟琳（朱莉娅·罗伯茨饰演）大学毕业后，怀揣理想和热情来到该学校担任艺术史教师时，就连连碰。然而凯瑟琳凭借她的风趣热情和渊博知识，很快赢得了学生们的喜爱。她还有几个学生，想同男孩一样干出一番事业的琼（朱丽娅·斯黛尔斯饰演）、活泼好动的丽薇（玛吉·葛伦霍饰演）等，也慢慢地展露出真性情。然而这时，另一名学生贝蒂（克莉斯汀·邓丝特饰演）要结婚的消息，又将自由浪漫的氛围打破。
蒙娜丽莎的微笑Monalisa Smile （精讲三）
文化面面观 Chaim
Soutine & Ansel Adams
影片对白
Betty: What is
that?
Katherine: You tell
me. Carcass by Soutine. 1925.
Susan Delacorte: It's
not on the syllabus.
Katherine: No; it's
not. Is it any good? Come on; ladies. There's no wrong answer.
There's also no textbook telling you what to think. It's not that
easy; is it?
Betty: All right. No.
It's not good. In fact; I wouldn't even call it art. It's
grotesque.
Connie Baker: Is
there a rule against art being grotesque?
Giselle Levy: I think
there's something aggressive about it...and
erotic.
Betty: To you;
everything is erotic.
Giselle: Everything
is erotic.
Katherine:
Girls.
Susan: Aren't there
standards?
Betty: Of course
there are. Otherwise a tacky velvetpainting could be equated to a
Rembrandt.
Connie: My uncle
Ferdie has two tacky velvet paintings. He loves those
clowns.
Betty: There are
standards; technique; composition; color; even subject. So if
you're suggesting that rotted side of meat is art... much less good
art; then what are we going to learn?
Katherine: Just that.
You have outlined our new syllabus; Betty. Thank you. What is art?
What makes it good or bad? And who decides? Next slide; please.
Twenty five years ago someone thought this was
brilliant.
Connie: I can see
that.
Betty:
Who?
Katherine: My mother.
I painted it for her birthday.
Katherine: Next
slide. This is my mom. Is it art?
Susan Delacorte: It's
a snapshot.
Katherine: If I told
you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a
difference?
Betty: Art isn't art
until someone says it is.
Katherine: It's
art!
Betty: The right
people.
Katherine: Who are
they?
Giselle: Betty
Warren! So lucky we have one right here.
Betty: Screw
you.
Katherine: Could you
go back to the Soutine, please? Just look at it again. Look beyond
the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea. All right;
back to chapter three. Has anyone read it? Okay.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1.
grotesque
这是这部电影里经常碰到的一个单词，意思是"(风格)奇异，古怪，荒诞的"。我们来看个例子：Everything
seemed strange, so tawdry and grotesque.
一切都很新奇，很花哨，有点滑稽可笑。
在口语中还有一些其它常用的词来表示"奇怪的"这一意思的词，出现频率都很高。比如
weird，如：Sabrina went out with Linus? That's too weird.
莎宾娜和莱纳斯出去约会了？简直太奇怪了！
Strange，这是一个大熟词，就不举例子了。
Odd，如 It's odd that
she should have kept such an ugly name as Ellen.
真奇怪她居然一直用埃伦这么个难听的名字。
Bizarre，如：For him, it
was a bizarre and tedious experience. 对他来说这是一次奇特而又乏味的经历。
2.
aggressive
这个单词不知道怎么回事，很容易被大家记住的意思是"侵略性的，攻击性的"，因而我们经常把它当作贬义词来使用。但是在英语中，尤其在美语中，这个词还有另一个常用意思是"大胆的，积极进取的"。所以这个词在本片段中的意思就不是侵略性的，而是"前卫的，大胆的"。
e.g. He is an aggressive young executive.
他是一个进取心很强的年轻管理员。
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蒙娜丽莎的微笑Monalisa Smile （精讲三）
文化面面观 Chaim
Soutine & Ansel Adams
影片对白
Betty: What is
that?
Katherine: You tell
me. Carcass by Soutine. 1925.
Susan Delacorte: It's
not on the syllabus.
Katherine: No; it's
not. Is it any good? Come on; ladies. There's no wrong answer.
There's also no textbook telling you what to think. It's not that
easy; is it?
Betty: All right. No.
It's not good. In fact; I wouldn't even call it art. It's
grotesque.
Connie Baker: Is
there a rule against art being grotesque?
Giselle Levy: I think
there's something aggressive about it...and
erotic.
Betty: To you;
everything is erotic.
Giselle: Everything
is erotic.
Katherine:
Girls.
Susan: Aren't there
standards?
Betty: Of course
there are. Otherwise a tacky velvetpainting could be equated to a
Rembrandt.
Connie: My uncle
Ferdie has two tacky velvet paintings. He loves those
clowns.
Betty: There are
standards; technique; composition; color; even subject. So if
you're suggesting that rotted side of meat is art... much less good
art; then what are we going to learn?
Katherine: Just that.
You have outlined our new syllabus; Betty. Thank you. What is art?
What makes it good or bad? And who decides? Next slide; please.
Twenty five years ago someone thought this was
brilliant.
Connie: I can see
that.
Betty:
Who?
Katherine: My mother.
I painted it for her birthday.
Katherine: Next
slide. This is my mom. Is it art?
Susan Delacorte: It's
a snapshot.
Katherine: If I told
you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a
difference?
Betty: Art isn't art
until someone says it is.
Katherine: It's
art!
Betty: The right
people.
Katherine: Who are
they?
Giselle: Betty
Warren! So lucky we have one right here.
Betty: Screw
you.
Katherine: Could you
go back to the Soutine, please? Just look at it again. Look beyond
the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea. All right;
back to chapter three. Has anyone read it? Okay.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1.
grotesque
这是这部电影里经常碰到的一个单词，意思是"(风格)奇异，古怪，荒诞的"。我们来看个例子：Everything
seemed strange, so tawdry and grotesque.
一切都很新奇，很花哨，有点滑稽可笑。
在口语中还有一些其它常用的词来表示"奇怪的"这一意思的词，出现频率都很高。比如
weird，如：Sabrina went out with Linus? That's too weird.
莎宾娜和莱纳斯出去约会了？简直太奇怪了！
Strange，这是一个大熟词，就不举例子了。
Odd，如 It's odd that
she should have kept such an ugly name as Ellen.
真奇怪她居然一直用埃伦这么个难听的名字。
Bizarre，如：For him, it
was a bizarre and tedious experience. 对他来说这是一次奇特而又乏味的经历。
2.
aggressive
这个单词不知道怎么回事，很容易被大家记住的意思是"侵略性的，攻击性的"，因而我们经常把它当作贬义词来使用。但是在英语中，尤其在美语中，这个词还有另一个常用意思是"大胆的，积极进取的"。所以这个词在本片段中的意思就不是侵略性的，而是"前卫的，大胆的"。
e.g. He is an aggressive young executive.
他是一个进取心很强的年轻管理员。
原文地址：http://www./movie/note/2011-12-02/138028.html
- otherwise [´ʌðəwaiz]
ad.另外 conj.否则 (初中英语单词) - velvet [´velvit] n.&a.天鹅绒(般的) (初中英语单词)
- painting [´peintiŋ] n.绘画；(油)画；着色 (初中英语单词)
- composition [,kɔmpə´ziʃən] n.写作；作曲；作品 (高中英语单词)
- carcass [´kɑ:kəs] n.(动物的)尸体 (英语四级单词)
- aggressive [ə´gresiv] a.进攻的；侵略的 (英语四级单词)
- tedious [´ti:diəs] a.冗长的；乏味的 (英语四级单词)
- technique [tek´ni:k] n.技术；技巧；方法 (英语六级单词)
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